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2025 Best Advertising Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

6 Colleges in the Southwest Region
725 Bachelor's Degrees
If you pursue a bachelor's degree in advertising, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #89 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for advertising students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 725 bachelor's degrees in advertising to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Advertising School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Best Advertising Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region Your choice of advertising for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for advertising students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Advertising Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Advertising in the Southwest Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in advertising.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Advertising

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
272 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in advertising needs to check out The University of Texas at Austin. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the city of Austin.More information about a bachelor’s in advertising from The University of Texas at Austin

2
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
46 Annual Graduates

Southern Methodist University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in advertising. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Dallas.More information about a bachelor’s in advertising from Southern Methodist University

3
136 Annual Graduates

Texas Tech University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in advertising. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in advertising from Texas Tech University

4
Texas State crest
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
150 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Texas State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in advertising. Texas State is a fairly large public university located in the city of San Marcos.More information about a bachelor’s in advertising from Texas State University

5
78 Annual Graduates

University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public university located in the midsize suburb of Norman.More information about a bachelor’s in advertising from University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

6
34 Annual Graduates

UTEP is a very large public university located in the large city of El Paso.More information about a bachelor’s in advertising from The University of Texas at El Paso

Best Advertising Colleges by State

Explore the best advertising colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Texas 572 770
Oklahoma 377 74
Arizona 356 6

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One of 10 majors within the Public Relations & Advertising area of study, Advertising has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Advertising

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Relations 474
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication 347
General Organizational Communication 161
Sports Communication 158
Communication Management and Strategic Communications 110
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication 85
Technical & Scientific Communication 17
Health Communication 13
International & Intercultural Communication 2

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